'Siva and Avalokitezvara

[N. Ganesan]

[...] see Lokesh Chandra,
The Thousand-armed Avalokitezvara, New Delhi, 1988, especially Ch. 2
(pp.
18-28): "The Origin of Avalokita-svara/Avalokit-ezvara." [...]

Have not seen this book yet. But, I have read a little
on Avalokita-iizvara and Avalokita-svara (from Avalokita-lokasvara?).

Avalokita -svara may be an ingenous way of delinking
Avalokitezvara from Hindu ('Siva) connections.
The problem is Hsuan Tsang translates iizvara
and not svara into Chinese. He calls Avalokitezvara
as Kuan tzu-tsai, Avalokita iizvara and not Avalokita Svara.

Regards,
N. Ganesan


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